"HONG KONG - In the free-trade Olympics, China has scored its first major individual gold medal.Seeking to catch up with the U.S. in forming its own club of bilateral trade partners, China on Monday inked a pact with New Zealand that is its first comprehensive free-trade...

" AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...

"Somali government troops and Ethiopian forces have closed down Mogadishu's main market to search for insurgents. Insurgents fired mortar rounds at the presidential palace in Mogadishu on Sunday, prompting an artillery duel with government forces. Large areas of the capital...

"UK troops uncover Iraq arms cache Soldiers The underground haul included 10,000 rounds of ammunition British forces have uncovered a large cache of weapons in Iraq, a move they say will be a huge blow to insurgents. The discovery, following a tip-off, was made near Saswan,...

"As cities and towns across the country watched the immigrant rights marches last week, some saw a spike in violent attacks targeting immigrants. In separate incidents, authorities arrested groups and individuals caught stockpiling grenades, semi-automatic weapons and...

Gunfire erupted at the Ward Parkway Center in Kansas City today. Early reports suggest that the shooter killed himself."Four people have been shot and three are confirmed dead in a shooting at Ward Parkway Mall in Kansas City.KCTV5 has received reports that the gunman is...

"His singing is often as out of touch as his hairstyle, but America doesn't seem to mind. American Idol contestant Sanjaya Malakar has been spared through several elimination rounds. His eclectic ways have made him a cult favorite, despite his vocal shortcomings. A polling...

A young woman who discovered boxing whilst in prison has won the world title in her weight class. It doesn't get much more fairy-tale than this: Samson Sor Siriporn was imprisoned as a teenager, and now her victory could fast-track her parole."A female Thai prisoner has...

" March 2, 2007 California - More than 1 million rounds of ammunition, a cache of weapons and a tunnel were found at a man's home after an explosive fire that forced a neighborhood evacuation, authorities said Friday. Crews worked to fortify the tunnel, which measured 5 feet...

I used to be secure in the knowledge that, if I was driving fast enough, traffic cameras would be unable to capture my license plate. This is a troubling development indeed!"An Air Force contractor has developed the first high-speed camera that can follow speeding bullets...

From Reason Magazine (h/t FR)"The United Nations has ventured into children’s publishing with a scary story about a small boy who loses a dogsled race because of global warming. In November the odd little picture book cum policy brief, Tore and the Town on Thin Ice, made...